Archive "Science"

TEHRAN, Nov. 15 (Press Shia) – The 6th international tournament robotics cup of Amirkabir University of technology (AUTCup 2016) will be held on 1-5 December 2016 with 80 Iranian and 65 foreign teams participating in the event.The sixth international tournament robotics cup of Amirkabir University of technology (AUTCup 2016) and the first Humanoid Olympic Competitions will be held in 8 major...

TEHRAN, Nov. 15 (Press Shia Agency) – Iran’s ICT Minister Vaezi and Thailand’s Deputy Minister Jungton met in Bangkok on Mon. to confer on expansion of communications and information technology cooperation between the two countries.Iranian Minister of Communications and Information Technology Mahmoud Vaezi, who is in Bangkok to attend the ITU Telecom World 2016, held talks with Deputy...

TEHRAN, Nov. 12 (Press Shia Agency) – The 1st international congress of Universal Scientific Education and Research Network (USERN) held in Tehran has announced its winners, including 2 Iranians and 3 scientists from other countries.The first International Congress of Universal Scientific Education and Research Network known as USERN was held on November 8-10 at Tehran University of Medical...

TEHRAN (Press Shia Agency) - Researchers revealed a new designer molecule that inhibits a well-validated cancer driver through the mechanism of amyloid formation. The work by the Belgian Switch Laboratory (VIB/KU Leuven) demonstrates that amyloid structures can be used to rationally develop a novel class of biotechnological molecules that are able to fight a wide array of diseases. Proteins in...

TEHRAN (Press Shia) - The hottest year on record globally in 2015 could be just another average year by 2025 if carbon emissions continue to rise at their current rate, according to new research published in the Bulletin of American Meteorological Society. And no matter what action we take, human activities had already locked in a "new normal" for global average temperatures that...

TEHRAN, Nov. 08 (Press Shia) – Director of Iran's Aviation Industries Organization has said future production of national turbojet will bring a cumulative saving of $50mn.National Gas Turbojet Seminar was opened on Tuesday in amphitheater of College of Mechanical Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology where Ali Karimian addressed the ceremony; “The national turbojet...

TEHRAN (Press Shia Agency) – A New Bournemouth University research found that overfishing and shark finning may result on more greenhouse gases and increased climate change. Researchers from the Department of Life and Environmental Sciences at Bournemouth University, along with a team on international co-authors, have shown that poor management of the oceans, including overfishing and shark...

TEHRAN, Nov. 07 (Press Shia) – Iran’s Higher Council for Science and Technology will hold a joint meeting with Austrian Institute of Technology (AIT) in Tehran for international cooperation on science and technology policies.In order to expand international cooperation on science and technology policies, Iran’s Higher Council for Science and Technology will hold a joint meeting...

TEHRAN, Nov. 07 (Press Shia Agency) – By the next 4 years, 50 billion objects will be connected to Internet, providing new opportunities and threats alike.It is a new technology and an ambitious one: to connect almost all things to the Internet, exanimate objects as well as moving vehicles in a network of billions of knots. The prospects are tantalizing and no uninitiated should venture into...

TEHRAN (Press Shia Agency) - The first human test of early time-restricted feeding found that this meal-timing strategy reduced swings in hunger and altered fat and carbohydrate burning patterns, which may help with losing weight. In early time-restricted feeding (eTRF), people eat their last meal by the mid-afternoon and don't eat again until breakfast the next morning. "Eating only...